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Senator pauses Coast Guard nomination over policy on swastikas, nooses and other hate symbols

8:00 PM on Wednesday, December 17

A U.S. senator says she's pausing the nomination for the top Coast Guard job because leaders appeared to have “backtracked” on a commitment to ensure that swastikas and nooses are considered hate symbols and prohibited from being displayed

US government admits negligence in helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington

6:55 PM on Wednesday, December 17

US government admits negligence in helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington

FILE - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the media during a news conference, Sept. 29, 2025, in Grand Blanc Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Court blocks Michigan ban on conversion therapy on free speech grounds

6:55 PM on Wednesday, December 17

A federal appeals court has blocked Michigan’s ban on conversion therapy for minors who are LGBTQ+, declaring it violates the First Amendment rights of therapists and counselors

Airplane wreckage rests in a wooded neighborhood, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

FAA investigating after small plane crashes into New Hampshire condominiums

6:44 PM on Wednesday, December 17

A pilot has been taken to the hospital with injuries after a small plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in southern New Hampshire

Activists confronted a group of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in the largely Somali neighborhood of Cedar-Riverside in Minneapolis, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

Minneapolis police chief criticizes ICE tactics after clash with protesters

5:05 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Minneapolis' police chief is criticizing federal immigration agents after a confrontation with protesters on Monday

President Nicolas Maduro addresses supporters during a rally marking the anniversary of the Battle of Santa Ines, which took place during Venezuela's 19th-century Federal War, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Some sanctioned oil vessels divert from Venezuela as Trump threatens blockade

4:28 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Some oil vessels are diverting away from Venezuela after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a “blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving the South American country

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth walks to the auditorium to brief members of Congress on military strikes near Venezuela at the Capitol, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

House rejects resolutions to limit Trump's campaign against Venezuela and drug cartels

4:23 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The House has rejected a pair of resolutions that would put a check on President Donald Trump’s power to use military force against drug cartels and the nation of Venezuela

Jzamir Keys, left, and Jesus Ayala appear in court during their sentencing for the killing of Andreas Probst, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

2 men sentenced for fatal hit-and-run of bicyclist in Las Vegas that was captured on video

3:51 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Two young men who pleaded guilty to a 2023 fatal hit-and-run of a retired police chief were sentenced to life in prison Tuesday

The sun sets behind an oil pump jack near Loving, N.M., on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

States brace for Trump's push to make oil drilling cheap again

3:01 PM on Wednesday, December 17

A Republican push to make drilling cheaper on federal land is creating new fiscal pressure for states that depend on oil and gas revenue, most notably in New Mexico

New plaques of explanatory text have been placed underneath presidential portraits on the Colonnade at the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Sleepy. Divisive. A fan of young Trump: A look at the new plaques on the Presidential Walk of Fame

2:33 PM on Wednesday, December 17

President Donald Trump has added partisan and subjective plaques to a refashioned West Wing walkway he calls the Presidential Walk of Fame

A vendor sells inflatables on Macuto beach in Venezuela, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

The oil blockade threat creates anxiety in Venezuela but people stick to their daily lives

1:32 PM on Wednesday, December 17

U.S. President Donald Trump's announced blockade on sanctioned Venezuelan oil could lead to shortages of food, fuel, and other basic goods in the Latin American nation

FILE - Morgan Geyser appears in a Waukesha County courtroom, Jan. 9, 2025, in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Slender Man attacker won't contest state's effort to revoke release privileges after escape

11:45 AM on Wednesday, December 17

A Wisconsin woman who almost killed her sixth-grade classmate to please horror villain Slender Man and then fled a group home won't fight the state's attempt to revoke her release privileges

FILE - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing, June 12, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

New York is set to legalize medically assisted suicide with 'guardrails,' governor says

10:44 AM on Wednesday, December 17

New York is set to become the latest state to legalize medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill

FILE - Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website healthcare.gov are seen on a computer screen in New York, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

4 Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies

10:34 AM on Wednesday, December 17

Four centrist Republicans have broken with their party's leadership over health care

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives to brief members of Congress on military strikes near Venezuela, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Senate passes $901 billion defense bill that pushes Hegseth for boat strike video

10:32 AM on Wednesday, December 17

The Senate has given final passage to an annual military policy bill that will authorize $901 billion in defense programs

A crowd of people holding candles gather outside the home of Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro in Brookline, Mass., Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)

Shooting of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro has police searching for a suspect

9:56 AM on Wednesday, December 17

Police have intensified their search for a suspect in the killing of Massachusetts Institute of Technology physics professor Nuno F

U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton announces fraud charges against Daniel Chu, the founder of subprime auto loan company Tricolor Holdings, at the U.S. attorney's office in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Larry Neumeister)

Founder of bankrupt subprime auto lender Tricolor Holdings is charged with fraud

8:32 AM on Wednesday, December 17

The founder of Tricolor Holdings and other company executives have been charged with what federal authorities say was a massive fraud that led to the subprime auto lender's bankruptcy

President Donald Trump salutes as a Army carry team moves the flag-draped transfer case with the remains of Iowa National Guard soldier Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, Iowa, during a casualty return, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump pays respects to 2 Iowa National Guardsmen and interpreter killed in Syria as they return home

12:07 AM on Wednesday, December 17

President Donald Trump has paid his respects to two Iowa National Guard members and a U.S. civilian who were killed in an attack in Syria last weekend

Nick Reiner arrives at the premiere of "Spinal Tap II: The End Continues" on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Rob and Michele Reiner's son appears in court on murder charges while siblings speak of their loss

12:05 AM on Wednesday, December 17

Nick Reiner, son of Rob Reiner, appeared in court as he faces charges of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents

Virginia Roberts Giuffre's memoir sells 1M copies worldwide

4:38 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Virginia Roberts Giuffre's posthumous memoir “Nobody's Girl” has sold 1 million copies worldwide just two months after its release

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